Officials said Jimmie Lee Carlton, 45, walked out a side door of the Calumet Transitional Housing Unit in Manchester about 11:45 a.m.

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Corrections officials said Carlton was found with a contraband cellphone and was going to be transferred to Concord for a disciplinary hearing. He was given permission to collect his belongings from his room, but instead left the facility, officials said.

Carlton was described as a black man with black hair and brown eyes. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds. He has a scar on his upper left arm.

Officials said he was serving a 6 1/2- to 20-year sentence for armed robbery. He would have been eligible for parole on Sept. 18.

Anyone with information is asked to call local police or the New Hampshire State Prison at 603-271-1801.